Hat-pin guard.



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' HAT Pm GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I6. I9I5.

L Patented im. 19 1915.

RUSSELL L. LONG.

cadran sra ai 'an' p HAT-PIN GUARI).

Specification of Letters Eatent. Patented (het. it?, 1915.

Application filed January 16, 1915. Serial No. 2,650.

To all 'whom may concern.' f

Be it known that I, RUSSELL L. LONG, a citizen of th United States, residing at lviorgantown, in the county of Monongalia and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards, ef which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. .I

My invention relates to hat pin guards, and the object of the invention is the provision of a very easily made and entirely efiective device of this character Which Will hold securely upon the pointed extremity of the hat pin and yet may be readily removed therefrom.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of a guide of the character described, partly broken away to show the internal construction; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a hat pin guard shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in a plane at right angles to Fig. 2; Fig. l is a transverse section enlarged on the line Ll--t of `Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a face vieu1 of the entrance end of the guard.

Referring to these figures, 2 designates a metallic shell, p'hich may be made integral or in sections, and which is preferably slightly tapering `in form, though not necessarily so. This shell at its outer end is formed with a head-3. At the entranpe end ot' the shell there is disposed a rentrant cone #i of' metal. This cone extends'inivard to a point 5 and then is prolonged in the Jform tivo oppositely dispbsed resilient fingers 6. These fingers are transversely concave on their confronting faces, as illustrated clearly in Fig. il. The fingers gradually approach eachother toward the inner end of the shell 2 and then are outwardly turned as at 'i'. These fingers are somewhat resilient.

l Disposed Within the case Q is an annular filling 8. of some material which will have a certain degree of softness or resilience. rlhis filling may be of wax, rubber or some other composition, and as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, the ngers 6 will protect this filling from Wear and abrasion upon the 1nsertion ot the pin.

As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the hat pin 9 is passed through the hat and the protector or guard is disposed upon the pin point. The guard will be guided into yp0- sition on the tapering point of the pin by the rentrant cone Ll. Then as the guard is shifted on the pin the point of the pin will enter vbetween the fingers` 6. These` will grip the pin point, the WaX, rubber or other filling acting to support these ingers,while the fingers Will protect the Wax backing and prevent its being worn. If Wax or rubber alone were used in the interior of the shell, in a short time the entrance of the pin point into the guard would tend to Wear vor tear the inner. surface of the .Wax or rubber and the guard would very shortly become loose. By providing the concave 'fingers I prevent this' and at the same time secure frictional contact of the filling with the pin at thepoints 8 in Fig. 4. The rictional enh@agement of, 'the lilling With the pin and Irictional engagement of the pin With the fingers is such as to prevent anyaccidental disengagement of the guard from the pin,r

permitting, however, the relatively easy removal of the guard whenever' desired. f,

lVhile I- have illustrated a particular form. 80

for the guard, it`is to be 'understood` of course that Vother forms might be used having a. more ornamental value Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my. invention, what I claim is:

A hat pin guard comprising a metallic shell having a rentrantly conical portion at `its entrance end, a pair of longitudinally tapering oppositely disposed fingers extending from the inner end of the conical por. tion, disposed in approximately .parallel relation but converging toward the inner end of the shell, said fingers being transversely concave and spaced from eachl other, .and an annular filling of yielding material disposed Within the shell, filling the space between said fingers and the shell and the space between the lateral edges of said fingers. whereby the illing will come into frictional engagement with the pin.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of tivo witnesses.-

RUSSELL L. LONG.

Witnesses: BJC. VVooD, T. W. ANDERSON. 

